march the 12 Dear wife I wil try to
finish my leter I Set up yesterday
til I rit 4 pages and it giv me the
trimbles til I did not git over it
til late in the nite I hav got nothing
of importance to rite more than
we ar al agoing to starv her our
rig ment gits nothing but bred and
molases to eat and tha git but on[e] gil
aday to the man and we git nothing
her to eat but but bred and molases
and we dont git as much in the
day as wod make A wel man a
half A bate when I began to mend
from the mesels I com So ni Starving
that I Sold my pipe and tobaco
to git me Som thing to eat I cod
not yus the tobaco I was So weak
and I was So ni Starved that I
Sold the tobac and bot me Som
milk and to eat I had no aptite
for eny thing else a lady giv me
a cup of cofey the pour cofey and
[page 2]
I wil never forgit her for
it don me good Jain I wil tel
yo pork is on doler and 50 cents per
pound flour one hundred 25 dolers
per barel Sugar 25 cents a pound
molases 2 dolars per galan buter 2
dolars and 25 cents per pound egs
2 dolers a dosan yam potates Sise
of yor fist is worth 25 cents
a peas turkes is worth 10 dolars A
peas chickens is worth 3 dolars A
peas Jain I cant Sa any thing
about what yo wil do at home
yo must do the best yo can and bee
Shor to git the wheat cut if [ny?]
it dos wel So I Stop for this evni
Jain I try to close this morning
the 13 I can look out at the windo
of my ward and See about 80 to
A hundred transport bots and
8 to 20 gun bots that al belongs
the enemy tha bumd this plase
2 days Sinc I hav bin her but
don no damag J . E . Wesson
[page 3]
tha hav al gon to yasoo
city our bregad has gon thar two Jain I wil close I cod rit a
heap more but I am So weak I
cant do it wil rit to yo again
Soon as I can git Som paper to
rit on and how to git paper is
the thing I am out of money
and I cant draw til I can go
to the rig ment and that wil
bee Som time Jain kis al the
children for me and except the
Same from me yor Self rite ofen
Direct yor leters to the city
hors ptal vicks burg missipi
Jain hav the pig Spaid and
alterd in may if yo can git
to don So I must close giv
my lov to al inqiring frends
rit al the nuse yo can and al
Jim rusel and John walas So I
asine my Self yor husban til
Deth let it bee Son or lat Jo E Wesson
[page 4]
Dear wife I wil con tinue
my my leter a little a fuder to
yo I hav to take medison yet
if I was at home I wod git
wel but it is a bad chance
her I think I am on the rising
ground Jain I want Som money
tel pap to See mr renolds and
git me a litle money and Send
to me as Soon as he can do it
I dont want yo to disfornesh
yor Self of any thing to git
money for me giv my lov to
father and mother and al of
the familey and to elen and
Saro and to lusindy and
familey and to miney and
familey and except the
Same yor Self tel them al
that I think Som of them ort
to rit to me tel an houdy
for me So good by rit Son
Joseph E Wesson to R J Wesson